Utah Jazz shooting guard Gordon Hayward (20) puts down a dunk during a game at EnergySolutions Arena on Friday, December 27, 2013.

Our message to our group is, 'Look, we had a tough schedule at the beginning of the season. It will ease up for us a little, but that doesn’t mean we can ease up our playing focus.—Tyrone Corbin, Jazz head coach

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is carrying a maximum roster of 15 players, but Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin side-stepped a question about how he’s settled into a nine-man rotation as the season’s progressed.

“We’re getting a little better,” he said when asked about it.

Although five players rarely play and Utah’s two backup point guards have been taking turns getting time behind starter Trey Burke, the last thing Corbin wants is for any of the seldom-used subs to ease up or feel left out because they’re not playing on a consistent basis.

“You fall into a rotation with or a rhythm with different guys,” he said, “but we need all our bodies that (are) available to play to go on different nights.”

The Jazz have had the most success this season (9-7 record) with the starting group of Burke, Gordon Hayward, Richard Jefferson, Marvin Williams and Derrick Favors.

Behind them, Alec Burks, Enes Kanter, Jeremy Evans, Diante Garrett and John Lucas III have seen the most time.

On most nights, Ian Clark, Andris Biedrins, Rudy Gobert, Brandon Rush and Mike Harris have been relegated to the end of the bench or the inactive list.